One more reason to hate the Cowboys. As if you needed one.
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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It’s a good reason to dislike Jerry Jones. Fortunately, you’re in good company. The Wall Street Journal reported NFL Accuses Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones of Damaging the League. This is because Jones is trying to interfere with Roger Goodell’s contract renewal and likely being behind “remarks from Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter earlier this month that were critical of the NFL.” Both of those could be considered detrimental to the league. According to NBC Sports, the result could be a $500,000 fine for Jones or, if that’s deemed insufficient for Goodell, a referral “to the NFL’s Executive Committee, which has the power to compel “[c]ancellation or forfeiture of the franchise in the League of any member club involved or implicated,” with a directive to sell the team.” That would be one less reason to hate the Cowboys, but I assume you’re an Eagles fan, so I expect you’ll always hate the Cowboys.
Booman roots for the NY Giants not the Eagles, but hating the Cowboys fits either way.
espn.com has a long detailed piece on the fight between Jones, Goodell and the rest of the owners.
Shared antipathy for the Cowboys is how I survive in Eagles territory.
My wife’s family are Eagles fans. Will be there for a couple of weeks around the holidays. I’m sure they’ll be real happy with how the season’s unfolding. I enjoyed watching with them when Nick Foles was QB because he’s from U of Arizona, where I went to law school. I have no particular attachment to Carson Wentz, though I also have no particular antipathy for the Eagles.
I’m a Seahawks man, living as I do in Western Washington up by the Canadian border. Our season’s been entertaining, challenging, enlivening, heartbreaking, the whole deal. Pretty much what football is for most fans except in that occasional magical year, if it ever happens, when one’s team rocks.
I’d like to find the idiots at the networks, if they’re still around, who began spreading this nonsense about the Cowboys being “America’s Team.” Seems like that goes back to the 70s, when they had the clean-cut conservative Roger Staubach (patriotic Navy man) at QB and robotic clean-cut conservative coach Tom Landry standing like a cigar-store Indian emotionless on the sidelines. The heavy-handed PR job to sell them to all of America was about the time I began to despise them.
Much more interesting to watch — for you youngsters who weren’t around — were the (usually) underdog Boys of ’66-67 who fielded some colorful characters, had good young talent, and ran some unorthodox creative plays for the time, as they sought to unseat the mighty Lombardi Packers. The Ice Bowl still stands as one of the greatest games ever played. A miracle that any points were scored that day given the Siberian conditions.
As for the Eagles, speaking of colorful, I’ve never lived in Philly but have often been amused as I consider their spirited and usually well-lubricated fans, the type of people who would throw snowballs at Santy Claus. More often than not, I’ve been highly entertained watching the Eagles play over the years, and this year looks very promising. I’m hoping for an Eagles-Seahawks NFC championship game.
That would be great but I’m sorry to say it’s hard to imagine the Seahawks coming out with the W. Of course anything’s possible. At this point, though, I think the Rams have the better shot at getting the shot against Philly. That could be one heck of a game!
I’m a longtime Cowboys hatin fan: a Cowboys loss is as good emotionally as a win for my team.
When someone reveals themselves via their language or actions, they cannot come back and say, “That’s not who I am”.
It’s exactly who they are.
Hating Jerry Jones is a long-time practice of Cowboy fans as well.
As someone said back after he bought the team: “It’s hard to be a fan when your team is owned by the anti-Christ.”
Very much how Colts fans felt until the old man kicked it. And Arizona fans too. Bidwill was another piece of work. Bidwill, Irsay, Jones. Who else belongs on that list?
Don’t really need another reason but this goes right to the top of the list.
And of course the owner of “America’s Team” is at the head of the “Take a knee, my ass” movement.
When the NFL starts respecting the people making the money for them and stops assuming that all of the gate is theirs, maybe I can respect the other teeams. Even the co-op Green Bay Packers didn’t get that one right.
I don’t know, Tarheel; the Seahawks have been quite cool about it. Most of the players take a knee and ownership supports them.
I’ve been really impressed with this team ever since 2014, the year after the Superbowl win against Denver, when they lost the Superbowl on that last heartbreaking play right at the goal line. Right away, the coach, GM and owner congratulated New England. I don’t recall a single comment in the weeks and months that followed that was anything but classy. A few of the players grumbled about the play call, but even that wasn’t too bad. Some of the guys on the defense, being super competitive, sometimes lose their composure in the heat of the moment but the team keeps pulling back together, which again has a lot to do with the example set by the coach and management.
Was really hoping they’d sign Kapernick in the off season. Not sure why they didn’t. Seattle is the place he would have really fit in. The city would have embraced him. There were two sets of rumors. One was that he wanted starter’s money even though he’d be backing up Russel Wilson. The other was that his presence might create a distraction in the offense struggled. Whatever it was, too bad. Would love to have him on the team. He’s way more talented than Austin Davis.
CK is a good to occasionally very good QB who if he was signed and allowed to start would likely make for a considerable improvement in half the NFL teams now. Especially the Packers. With CK starting, they would not have to struggle to just make the playoffs.
With all his experience, numerous playoff games and one near-win SB, his double-threat abilities to pass and run, and the fact he is still in his prime, he should be signed somewhere to start, not warm the bench. But definitely, Seattle would be a place where CK’s political views would not present a problem.
There does seem to be political collusion among the owners to keep him out, and asserting that is not much of a tin-foil stretch. His lawsuit pressure against the league may be why one team (according to rumors) has lately expressed interest.
He’s better than most backups. He’s better than a few starters. He’s not so good that he should definitely have a starting job. But he’s more than good enough that he’s have a job somewhere if the decision was based on talent alone.
Seattle is one of the places he’d actually fit well as a backup because they take advantage of Wilson’s mobility. He’d definitely be a bad fit for some teams as a backup.
While it’s possible there’s been collusion between the owners to keep him out of the league, and I’d love to see the discovery his lawsuit could dig up, I think it’s at least equally likely that the owners are largely risk-averse cowards who don’t want to deal with the wingnut howler monkeys for whom Kaepernick is Emmanuel Goldstein X 1000.
CK strikes me as someone who knows he can play and should be the starter in most instances. Thus signing just to sit on the bench while his prime years slip away may not be what he’s seeking.
Purely looking at the on-the-field situation, Green Bay, also a team used to having its QB move out of the pocket, would seem a decent fit; less so when considering the off-the-field situation. But that’s a team and a city with high expectations, that expects to win. Last I checked, right now without Rodgers they are struggling to win against teams they shouldn’t normally struggle against.
I suspect Packer fans overall, with some initial grumbling, would welcome CK. And he would get 100% approval once the team started winning again. Probably similar for most teams in need of a good QB.
I agree that’s the best fit for now. Seattle if Wilson went down. But as long as Russel’s healthy, he’d have to be content as the backup.
My son is a very intelligent young man. He lives in San Francisco and he made the comment that, sure, Kapp’s problems stem in part from his political actions but if he had shown decent potential last year someone would have signed him for sure. It’s the combination of being a loose cannon and not that good that did him in.
I grew up in Pittsburgh and so am a Steelers fan. I have the satisfaction of knowing the Steelers beat the Cowboys in two Superbowls. I now live jut outside DC with a Redskin loving family (my son was born the year the ‘Skins last won a Superbowl). I still like the Steelers but now share the family hatred of the Cowboys and Jones in particular.
and here i thought it was because Jones is a creepy maybe-rapist.
not missing much in having given up football, I see
Jones sucks, to be sure, but it’s fun to watch him kick Godell in the balls. I’m a Cowboys fan since the 70s and was thrilled when Jones bought the team and hired Jimmy. The last couple of decades have been rough, but Dak sure is fun to watch. Fuck the eagles with a day old soft pretzel.
Rooting for injuries myself.
I was surprised at how good Romo’s replacement was, and even at how the team seemed fine letting TR go. Then I was surprised to learn how old he was (35 or 36 when they made the change). I’d always thought him much younger. Seems like he payed only 5-6 years, as if he had spent the first half of his career on the bench.
Was further surprised to see how good Romo is as a football analyst with one of the networks. Definitely a more dynamic broadcaster than the other retired Boy QB, the rather dull Troy Aikman at Fox. I think he’s found a new career.
Lol Aikman.
Romo was decent, but made of spun glass, and even with his gaudy numbers, was only the fifth best Dallas quarterback.
I’ll take advantage of this entertainment thread to comment on a few docs/bio pics I’ve seen lately.
1) LBJ — bio pic by Rob Reiner, starring Woody Harrelson as Lyndon. The opening soaring, cliched musical notes signal rather loudly that we are about to see a movie about a larger-than-life heroic figure. Check on the first, not so much on the second. The next thing one notices is how obviously Harreleson is made up, or put together, in order to better approximate the heavier-set LBJ. Lots of devices/cotton stuffed into his mouth to fill him out. It was a good half hour into the film before I could stop focusing on this.
Then the made-for-tv superficial and shallow style of the script, directing and editing. Reiner did start in tv years ago. It shows.
Much important, often unflattering and strange Johnson material is not shown or, possibly, was not known about due to inadequate research. Probably omitted because it would not have fit the director’s narrative of a generally good, albeit quite colorful and often gross, guy. Two things not addressed: the bizarre situation at the Biltmore Hotel in L.A. during the Dem Convention over the VP pick for Kennedy, and secondly the bizarre behavior of Lyndon as he got onboard AF1 in Dallas. Inclusion would have helped make this a much more interesting, multidimensional biofilm. 2.5/4 stars, mostly for the easy entertainment value.
Yes, there’s plenty here on the JFK period, including one hair-raising encounter with a CIA-hired hitman in the mid-60s, but also his lesser-known legal efforts, including being instrumental in igniting the Winter Soldiers teach-ins in the early 70s re veterans’ experiences with US war crimes in VN. Also of note, a fairly long section on Lane’s unfortunate and near-disastrous involvement with the People’s Temple. Some calm quick-wittedness saved him and his friend, and they barely escaped while 900 others were murdered. A very impressive doc about a courageous lawyer. 4/4 stars.